This issue of CATALYST Strategic Design Review examines the consequences of an extractive, consumer-driven global economy and encourages thinking about new models and methods.

Here is a taste of what you will find in the issue:Reframing our Consumer-Based EconomyThe Next Leed?: Developing Sustainable StandardsSoil not Oil: Rethinking Agriculture in IndiaTools for CATALYZING Change:Confessions of a Radical Industrialist, WorldChanging, LivingClimateChange.comVentures and Explorations